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Newspaper

Eldora Herald Ledger

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1955

Page

2

Maisel McCullum Vows Read In Eldor

Tillie Maisel and Austin McCullum were married at 6 o clock Saturday evening at St. Pauls Lutheran church with Rev. John Zimmermann presiding. The couple attended by Orville Higgason and wife. reception at Marcon hall Iowa Falls. Mrs. McCullum works as a cook and Mr. McCullum as a male nurse at the State Training School. they will reside there.

Tillie Maisel Austin McCullum St. Pauls Lutheran Church John Zimmermann Orville Higgason Marcon Iowa Falls Des Moines Eldora McCullum State Training School Training School

Ladies Country Club Gathering at Mrs Haywood Home

Mrs Harry Haywood hosted the Ladies Country Club on Wednesday afternoon with eighteen members present. Eleven children attended along with guest Mrs Virgil Muller. After the business meeting members played garden bingo, saw flash pictures, and enjoyed Easter themed refreshments. Next meeting set for April 20 at Mrs Bill Collins home.

Harry Haywood Ladies Country Club Virgil Muller

Legion Auxiliary Seeks Poppy Sale and Reports

The American Legion Auxiliary met with 20 members. They voted to donate 25 to the Youth Building Fund and heard reports on the county meeting, spring conference, and Soldiers Home visit. Plans for a Poppy sale on May 28 were set. A sewing bee will be held April 19 in members’ homes.

American Legion Auxiliary Union Hubbard Soldiers Home Marshalltown C. A. van Patter Pan America Jurgen Tjaden Kieth Strother John McBride John Butler Raleigh King Jr

Mrs Tintier Honored On Birthday by Mrs Peshia

Mrs Wm L Tintier was guest of honor Wednesday evening when her mother Mrs Dale Peshia entertained a few friends to a birthday courtesy. Mrs Tintier received gifts and refreshments including a decorated birthday cake served during the evening.

Wm. L. Tintier Dale Peshia

Mrs Lundy Hosts Thursday Bridge Club Gathering

Mrs Lee Lundy was hostess to the Thursday afternoon bridge group with a dessert lunch and Easter themed decorations. Guests included Mrs Ona Brown Mrs Miriam Briel and Mrs Glenn Kurtz. Prizes went to Mrs Hajward Caffee Mrs W M Miller Mrs W H Vilmont and Mrs Miriam Briel. Next hostess will be Mrs Eldon McVeety at the April ai meeting.

Lee Lundy Ona Brown Miriam Briel Glenn Kurtz Hajward Caffee W. M. Miller W. H. Vilmont Mir Iam Briel Eldon McVeety

Mrs Gould Hosts Bridge Club Describes Dessert Session

Mrs. C G Gould hosted the bridge group on Thursday with cards and prizes awarded to Mrs. C F Way and Mrs. Tom Monteith. The next hostess will be Mrs. Ned Fage, April 21.

CG. G. Gould C. F. Way Tom Monteith

V F W Sewing Group Holds Regular Meeting

The V F W Sewing committee met Monday evening at the Fast Home with fourteen members present. After the business session the group sewed carpet rags and refreshments were provided by Mrs. Clarence Struck, Mrs. Charles Pearce and Mrs. Henry Grobe.

V. F. W. Sewing Committee Clarence Struck Charles Pearce Henry Grobe

Community clubs and events calendar listings

A dense schedule lists many groups and meetings across April including Rebekah Lodge Junior Legion Auxiliary Long Souci Club Mrs W M Mer Tuesday Bridge Club Blanche and Ethel's Tea Room Young Mothers Club Ms Curt Harmon and other organizations. Notable entries include Band Booster Club United Circle Baptist Church and Congregational Women's Fellowship with dates through April 18.

Rebekah Lodge Junior Legion Auxiliary W. M. Mer Fred Wehrman B. P Blanche and Ethel Young Mothers Club Curts Harmon Ee Bridge Club Ralph

Cemetery Society Honors Eldora Members Meeting

Mrs. M. E. Wasson with Mrs. Mary Zlesman hosted the Eldora Cemetery Society Thursday for their regular meeting. Nineteen members attended and officers were elected: Blanchet Cox president Etta Putnam vice president Ifi Putnam secretary Ida Clark treasurer. Frank Petty and J Fred Vinton named program committee. Ona Brown to host April 21.

M. E. Wasson Mary Zlesman Eldora Cemetery Society Blanchet Cox Etta Putnam Ifi Putnam Ida Clark Frank Petty J Fred Vinton Ona Brown

Miss Doris Paterni Honored At Shower

Miss Doris Paterni a nurse at Eldora Memorial Hospital was surprised by ten colleagues and friends with a shower in room 7. She plans to wed Gary Parker on April 27. Guests included Mrs. Ridpath Dickenson Winther Burns Nance Houck Rinehart Hossler Babcock and Norma Burns. A light lunch was served.

Doris Paterni Eldora Memorial Hospital Miss Paterni Gary Parker Alice Ridpath Jane Dickenson Pat Winther Pearl Burns Nancy Nance Lois Houck Jerry Rinehart Beula

Eastern Star April Meeting Report and Visitors

The Ascension Chapter C E S held its regular meeting on Wednesday evening April 6. Mrs Paul Gates played a piano solo. By law revisions were discussed for a vote at the May 4 meeting. Refreshments served to 40 members. Numerous Easter visitors and relatives were noted, with several planning visits and relocations to Fort Worth and other towns.

Paul Gates Dale Shadle Paul Hodgson Robert Meador Lyman Gundy

Wellsburg Bride-Elect Doris Paterni to Wed Parker

Doris June Paterni, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Paterni of Wellsburg, will marry Gary W. Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Parker of Eldora, in the Wellsburg Reform ed Church on April 27. Paterni is a Wellsburg High School graduate and a nurses aide at Eldora Memorial Hospital. Parker is an Eldora High School graduate and a United States Air Force serviceman.

George Paterni Wellsburg Doris June Gary W. Parker Murray Parker Eldora Wellsburg Reformed Church Miss Paterni Wellsburg High School Eldora Memorial Hospital Parker Eldora High School United States Air Force

Community Notes Mixed Visits and Local Meetings

Eldora residents hosted and visited relatives and friends across multiple towns including Ackley Des Moines and Union. Highlights include gatherings at Hoffman Cockerham Beasley Bates and Grulich homes, a Dormitory meeting with Quakerdale Farm trustees, a Ladies Country Club event, and several hospital and church socials across the week.

Ray Trout Ray Lowen Harald Trout Gene Monroe Eldora Herman Hoffman Mra Earl Cockerham Ackley C. A. Cockerham Jr Paul Hoffman Earl Trade Marengo Herb Jen Hoffman Lowell McCormick Marvin Jeske Alfred Bates Arnie Grulich Namily Frank Ross Floyd Beasley Hubbard Enlow Hoffman Roy White Salem Bernard White Decorah Levi Willits Quakerdale Farm Mr. Brown James Duke Des Moines Earl Baker Harry Haywood Union John Bogue Rickie Smith Harold Gibbon Conrad Alfred .Bates C. A Cockerham Waterloo Don Perkins Otis Whitehead Marshalltown Glen McCulough Deanna Sue Brady

Easter News In Brief From Iowa Towns

Plentiful Easter Sunday visits across Marshalltown Eldora Ames and nearby towns as families hosted relatives. Multiple households welcomed guests including the Dornsbachs Bekemeiers Myers White Putnam and Priske clans. One birth Douglas Allen Vieman reported near Atlanta with 3rd Army ties.

John Bekemeier Don Linda New Providence Bekemeiers E. C. White A. B. White

Missionary Society meets at hostess home in Providence

Mrs Earl March hosted the Honey Creek Women’s Missionary Society with 21 adults and 3 children present. Plays on Stewardship were performed by Mrs Laughlin and Mrs March. Plans were made to attend the Spring Missionary Conference at Oskaloosa on April 12.

Earl March Honey Creek

Zant Bruce Clampitta home project under way

The Chester Womens Missionary Society met at the church with Mrs Wallace Wooten and Mrs Mervyn Wooten as hostesses. Worship leader was Mrs Clyde Smitherman and program leader Mrs Dale Nance. Three hundred dollars was added to the treasury in March. They donate one hundred dollars to William Penn College and will plant evergreen trees around the church. Twenty members and one guest Mrs Lyle Minteer attended. Rev Guilford Streat learned his stepfather W O Bielski of Heaper is worse after a stroke last November. Andréw Bachman visiting his daughter Mrs Anton Barnes went to Basil Bachman’s near Hubbard for an indefinite stay. Richard Whitehead arrived from Waco, Texas after the death of his grandfather W C Whitehead.

Bruce Clampitta Chester Womens’ Missionary Society Wallace Wooten Mervyn Wooten Waa Clyde Smitherman Dale Nance William Penn College Lyle Minteer Guilford Streat W. O. Bielski Heaper Andréw Bachman Anton Barnes Basil Bachman Hubbard Richard Whitehead Waco Texas W. C. Whitehead

Weekend Visitors and Local Appointments in Marshalltown Area

Steamboat Rock Diane Trout and Linda Kruse visitors with nearby farm families including the Kruses and Selms. Ackley and Wellsburg guests joined grandpar ents Ed Luiken and others. Easter weekend events include Potgeters in Iowa City and a grain dealers convention Fort Dodge. Larry Williams works for the telephone company at Gladbrook. Further visits by Reese, Kramer, and Starr references appear in local notices.

Diane Trout Jewell Linda Beverly Kruse Albert Kruse Arlys Ackley John Kruse David Wellsburg Harm Kruse Joyce Janet Selms Ed Luiken Jim Potgeter Iowa City Ted Heard Owasa Ella Heard Eldora Don Heard Dumont Claude Heard

Social visit near Eldora and Ackley

Mrs Henry Trittien near Eldora Mrs Tom Kruse near Ackley and Mrs Harold Luiken spent Wednesday afternoon in the Enno Luiken home in a neighborhood social gathering.

Iowa Legislation Amends Examiner Pay for Banks

House File 309 proposes changing compensation for examiners of banks and loan associations in Iowa. The bill amends section 534.97 to replace the word fifteen with eighteen and declares immediate effectiveness upon passage and publication in Eldora Herald Ledger and Tipton Conservative.

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Maisel Eldor Ladies’ Country Club Mrs. Haywood Bill Collins Legion Auxiliary Troy Studios Mrs. Tintier Mrs. Gould Bridge Club Ned Fage V.F.W. Sewing Group Barney Clark Eldora Ideal Laundry Young Homemakers Club Virgil Higar Roughwoods Cemetery Society Royal Neighbors W. C T. A M. Z. Albers Bridge Group Robert Dornsbach Mra. I. L. Cakerica Pleasant Chapel Cemetery Society Blue Star Carl Bales George W. Haynes O. E. Hall Clara Raske G. G. G. Bridge Club Dale Campbell Rural Teachers Club Buckeye School Women’s Christian Missionary Society Christian Church Mary Ziesman Howard Frey St. Mary's Study Club Harry Harrigan Mother Cabrini L. F. Stielow R. R. Tbach Oscar Ryan Congregational Family Night Cemetery Society Mrs. Wasson Eastern Star George Means Sandra Michael Gloria England States Traer Sam Estes Gifford Dave Miller David Smitherman Jean Cross Danny Dennis Peggy Jack Fardun Waverly W. C. Vi+gars John Pardun Vigars Parduns Clarion Frederick Leonard Cedar Rapids Jack Leonard J. D. Leonard Ralph Speers Mr. Leonard J. D. Leanard Arthur Mamminga James Aurora Eldorg Mamminga Fred Miller Dick Protheroe Pam E. R. Protheroe W. P. Maulsby John K. Moore Banteart Methodist Pre Lowell Vieman Atlanta Douglas Allen Pre. Vieman 3Rd Army Cleon Vieman Frank Dornsbach Randy Newton Meredith Tom and Dick Ann Lynn Anna Dornsbach E. Greer Kate Hill Raymond Velines Phyllis Nancy of Ames Velines L. Wputnam E. W. Burke Barbara Jean Jane Gladbrook Perry Burke Roger Myers Zearing Donald Myers Roscoe Myers Randolph Myers Ervin Myers Maurice Orpin Alden Tamara Jo Orpin Margaret. Hoyt Lillian Elerding Howard Harris Leota Hardy Junior Myers Jennie Anderson Mason City Carl Efia Putnam Gene Foster John Ralls Topend D'Lda -Hoelscher Floyd Easley David Easley George Shafer Tom Paswalk Maryin Gayle Rich Harry Huntley Arlington Heights Lyle E. Huntley Mayme St. George Larry Scheel la Verne Priske Grundy Center Zola L. Barton Webster D. L. Barton Fr. .Watson Palm Desert California Providence News Bernnard Reece Glen Sneas Wilson fOskalovsa W. H. ‘Dreier Robert’ Dreier Rosa Reece Wilmer Cook Tucson Ariz Riley J. Hadley Alice Pool Roy Clampitt Wilson Hadley Julius Wilts Robert Hadley Rickie Roger Hadley Grace Whitmore Auburn Arizona Mes, Rena Frerichs George Potgeter Ed Potgeter Independent Grain’ Dealers Conventa Fort Dodge Wednesay Larry Williams Telephone Company Jesse Reese Denny Kenneth Kramer Allie Starr Ardys Cas Wile THUR FBI Delimer Day Pfrup Roy Rogers Dale Evans Gabby Hayes Jane Powell Grace Kelly-Granger Green Fire” Adventures S. Tracy Broken Lance Rose Marie Ec OO Legals HOUSE Neda Woodward's Woodward A. Wi Eldora Herald Ledger Tipton Town Ai C. Hanbon Leo Elthon Senate A. Gustafson Leo A. Hobgh GIVE the County Youth Building Fund
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